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Ancient Egypt Test

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one does not belong with the others?

a)

cataract

b)

delta

c)

dynasty

2.

Which one does not belong?

a)

afterlife

b)

mummies

c)

engineering

3.

Which one does not belong?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

Obelisk

4.

Which one does not belong?

a)

exports

b)

imports

c)

papyrus

5.

Besides crops, what foods did the Nile Provide?

a)

Fish

b)

Deer

c)

Geese

d)

Ducks

6.

Why did Menses wear a double crown?

a)

To symbolize the separation of Upper and Lower Egypt

b)

To show that he meant business

c)

To make himself the most impressive pharaoh of the age

d)

To symbolize the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

7.

In what type of structure were pharaohs buried?

a)

Tombs

b)

Pyramids

c)

Mausoleums

d)

Crypts

8.

Why did noblemen and common men take the pharaoh's word as law?

a)

Because they believed he was a god

b)

Because he was the king

c)

Because he paid them to

d)

To avoid war

9.

What is a sphinx?

a)

a creature with the head of a man, body of a horse

b)

A creature with the head of a bull, body of a man

c)

a creature with the head of an animal or human, body of a lion

d)

a creature with the head of a man, body of a goat

10.

What is the name of the Egyptian system of writing?

a)

Assyrian

b)

Hindu

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Hieroglyphics

11.

Why did ancient Egyptians choose to settle where they did? Why was this spot perfect for them?

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